The results favoured silicone rubber but especially so when it came to temperature resistance. At 230°C Silicone starts to degrade whereas EPDM will suffer adverse effects after 130°C.

Keltan Eco 5470 is one of six bio-based rubber polymers from Lanxess. “All six grades are now available on the market,” said Marjan van Urk, business development manager of Lanxess’ Keltan elastomers ...

The Sarlink ME-2600 Series includes 55-, 65-, and 75-Shore A compounds that have low specific gravities of 0.93 to 0.94. These specific gravities are comparable to those of TPE-S grades now used in ...

Particularly with large vehicle series, styrene-butadiene compounds (SBC) and crosslinked thermoplastic vulcanized (TPV) rubber have mainly been used for these applications in the past. Because the ...

Brazilian automotive supplier Autotravi (Caxias do Sul; www.autotravi.com) has selected bio-based EPDM rubber from German speciality chemicals producer Lanxess (Cologne; www.lanxess.com) for its ...